Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Drinks Whither the Three-Martini Lunch?
Posted by Carrington Fox on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:01 AM
In a posting last week, I waxed nostalgic about the good old days of boozing at lunch. It's a subject that has come up a lot lately, especially with our frequent trips to Urban Flats, the sleek new restaurant in the Gulch.
Urban Flats Flatbread & Wine Co. is, after all, part wine bar, so the servers are pretty aggressive about introducing the wine list. I get it: It's part of the business plan. But I feel a little silly with the charade in which I "peruse" the wine list and issue a few hollow "umms" and "ohs" before settling on the novel decision to "stick with water." C'mon. You knew I wasn't drinking wine at lunch, I knew I wasn't drinking wine at lunch, and that was 45 awkward seconds of our lives that we can't get back.
(As I render the spurned wine list to the server, I'm tempted to over-explain, "Psst. Just so you know, I used to drink at lunch. And by the way, I didn't always drive a minivan." But, really, what's the point? I'm still going to be a low-dollar food-only ticket. My last hope of retaining any dignity is to refrain from making lemonade with the sugar packets.)
So here are my questions:
1. Who is drinking at lunch these days?
2. More importantly, when does Mad Men start up again?
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1. people who work in advertising still drink at lunch, on occasion
2. not soon enough
ad sales people who follow European football will be drinking today and tomorrow as the Champions League competition resumes. Suggested pairings: fish and chips and a pint of boddingtons at Dan McGuinness. Or perhaps a sack of crisps and a Guinness? In this economy it might be wise to skip the food.
Apparently the photographer in the photo above forgot to tell the girl at the end of the bar this was a photo shoot. Rule #1 of staged photos: Don't stare!
Don't know who drinks at lunch. Usually a drink puts me to sleep, couldn't imagine working after a belly full of food and booze.
On a recent trip to Birmingham, my wife and I had lunch at Chez Fon Fon. I noticed a lot of people drinking at lunch so I looked around to do a check on how many tables were drinking. There was only one other table with no booze!! I think Nashville needs to follow this trend.
dangit! Work is keeping me from the Liverpool match...another booze-free work day
